The anti-Muslim videos were first posted by Jayda Fransen, deputy
leader of the far-right party Britain First. They depict violent
assaults and the destruction of a statue of the Virgin Mary.

They also appear to violate the terms of use published by Twitter.
It warns users: “You may not promote violence against, threaten,
or harass other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national
origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious
affiliation, age, disability, or serious disease.”

Asked why the original tweets have not been deleted, a Twitter
spokesperson said:

“To help ensure people have an opportunity to see every side of an
issue, there may be the rare occasion when we allow controversial
content or behavior which may otherwise violate our rules to
remain on our service because we believe there is a legitimate
public interest in its availability.”

Translation from PR Weasel-ese to English: Twitter is afraid of pissing off Trump.

I wish Twitter would be more honest about the fact that what keeps it from deleting Trump's account is the (very real) fear that the sociipathic narcissistc in chief would use his cadre of incompetent criminals and hangers-on to persecute Twitter constantly and likely would bankrupt the company.

Twitter’s destroyed its USP. The whole point, for me, was how
inventive people could be within that concise framework.

USP is “unique selling proposition”. By doubling the character limit, Twitter has eliminated what made them unique. Yes, there were many trade-offs with the 140-character limit, both pros and cons. But one of the pros is it made Twitter unique. Twitter timelines now look more like Facebook — but Facebook is already there for Facebook-like timelines. Twitter trying to be more like Facebook is like basketball trying to be more like football — a bad idea that won’t work.

It’s no surprise that writers, in particular, object to this change. I agree with Ihnatko — the 140-character limit made it a challenge. Fitting certain complex thoughts into a mere 140 characters sometimes felt like solving a small challenge, like one of The New York Times’s tiny little 5 × 5 crossword puzzles.

Given 280 characters, people are going to use them, even to express thoughts that could have fit in 140. Given unlimited characters, such as in email, people ramble aimlessly.

That’s why email feels like a dreary chore, and Twitter feels like fun. The fewer tweets that fit in a single screen at a time, the less fun Twitter feels. I’m sure Twitter considered this change carefully, but I’m convinced they’ve made a terrible mistake.

Logitech has announced that it’s shutting down all services for
the Harmony Link hub, a plastic puck the company released in 2011
that gave smartphones and tablets the ability to act as universal
remotes for thousands of devices.

Owners of the product have received an email from the company
warning that the Link will completely stop working in March. “On
March 16th, 2018, Logitech will discontinue service and support
for Harmony Link. Your Harmony Link will no longer function after
this date,” the email says. There’s no explanation or reason given
as to why service is ending in the email, but a Logitech employee
provided more details on the company’s forums. “There is a
technology certificate license that will expire next March. The
certificate will not be renewed as we are focusing resources on
our current app-based remote, the Harmony Hub.”

This sucks, but it seems like the way of the future with cloud-backed products. In the old days, products stopped working when they broke. Now, they stop working when the company that sold them loses interest in continuing to support them. It feels spiteful. More than ever, it matters how much you trust the company from which you buy stuff.

This is going to force a lot of people to think long and hard about ecosystems with staying power when they purchase devices and will lead to more lock-in than ever. While that's certainly good for Apple and Google, it's not good for the rest of the tech world.

If there is something all pastors and churches will agree on it is nobody wants their church to decline. Nobody. The SBC’s primary way of measuring the condition of local churches is by this rubric: Growing. Plateau. Decline. The declining church is always seen as bad. There are typically legitimate reasons for concern when a church declines in its numbers of money and people. And yet, as I have watched our local church cycle through growth, plateau, and decline several times in the last 15 years, I have learned there are some good, healthy, and exciting ways God shows to be at work in a church through decline. I want to challenge this common way to evaluate local churches with 5 reasons, I would argue, we want a church to decline that demonstrates health and life, not dysfunction and death:

Send missionaries to the field.

Place pastors in local churches.

Divisive or unconverted members leave.

Members relocate to better their family situation.

Members leave to help plant or revitalize a church.

In the last 12 months, we have experienced all 5 of these realities.

Our small and simple church of 75 members in the south end of Louisville in the last year have send out one couple to the mission field. We have placed 4 men as pastors in local churches who were trained in our church, affirmed by the church, and sent from our church. A divisive family left. We have watched a beloved family relocate to be near their aging family and take a better job situation. A family left to go and help support a pastor in a dying church. Another family to help a church plant. Although we have gained some families this last year, they have not equaled all these losses.

Even as I write this, we are about to report to our local association that we have less members and attendance now than we did last year.

We have less money for our budget that is requiring some tough cuts to come for next year’s budget. We are a declining church. But, don’t worry about us. Don’t send your state Baptist church revitalization consultant in a panic. We will be fine. In fact, we feel we have a lot to celebrate. We will celebrate as we wait for God to send others to us to replenish our laborers and resources, just like he always has in previous seasons of decline that came for the same reasons.

So, is a declining church bad? Sometimes. But not all the time. Pastors, look for the evidences of church health, not church numeric growth.